Sunday, August 27, 2017
Museum of Ice Cream to open a 3rd location
SAN FRANCISCO
After much anticipation, Museum of Ice Cream announces its third location in San Francisco. After an unprecedented demand in Los Angeles and New York City, Museum of Ice Cream opens its doors in September at the historic 1 Grant Avenue in the heart of the city.
The Museum of Ice Cream features 10 thematically tailored, immersive installations produced entirely by its in-house design team. Interactive elements include a magical candy garden, psychedelic rainbow unicorns, a push-pop installation, a cherry on top sky, the renowned Sprinkle Pool and new tastings, including an original Museum of Ice Cream flavor.
Founder and Creative Director Maryellis Bunn was drawn to the challenge of creating and designing the next Museum of Ice Cream in a historical building.
Curating the best of California ice cream, visitors will indulge in one “scoop of the week,” from a rotating cast of creameries.
The museum opens Sept. 17. Tickets are on sale soon at museumoficecream.com.
Park service to give $80K for preservation to Maine Indian tribes
AUGUSTA, MAINE
The National Park Service is providing more than $80,000 to Maine’s American Indian tribes to help with historic preservation.
The federal Department of the Interior says the money will go to three Tribal Historic Preservation Offices in the state. It’s part of $25.5 million that’s going to states and tribes around the country.
Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt says the grants emphasize the park service’s commitment to preserving “tribal history and heritage.” The tribal offices receiving the funds include those of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation.
Smokies observation tower closes for repairs
GATLINBURG, TENN.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed an observation tower at the park’s highest point for extensive renovations and repairs.
The Daily Times of Maryville reports the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower closed recently and will remain closed through the end of the 2017 season for rehabilitation work, including repairing deteriorated areas on the tower’s columns and walls, repointing stone masonry and stabilizing support beams at the base of the ramp.
Visitors will not be able to climb the tower, but the Clingmans Dome parking overlook, visitor contact station and store, trail and nearby trailhead access locations will remain open.
The observation tower is the park’s highest point, at 6,643 feet, and straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina state line.
Officials question visitor cap for Colo. tourist attraction
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO.
Some officials think the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed daily cap on visitors to a popular Colorado tourist attraction is too low.
The Forest Service unveiled a plan recently to limit daily visitors to Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs to 615 from May through October. It now gets up to 1,200 visitors on summer days.
Glenwood Springs Mayor Michael Gamba acknowledged the site has been “loved to death” but told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent that putting the cap at 750 to 800 people seems like a more reasonable compromise.
Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said he also thinks the number is low and could make it difficult to pay for the shuttle service the Forest Service wants to use to take visitors to the trailhead.
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